Richard Barbrook: The Class of the New (2006–) [English, German]
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“Netizens, elancers, cognitarians, swarm-capitalists, hackers, produsumers, knowledge workers, pro-ams… these are just a few of the monikers that have been applied to the new social class emerging from the networked workplace.
In this short book, Richard Barbrook presents a collection of quotations from authors who in different ways attempt to identify an innovative element within society: ‘the class of the new’. Announcing a new economic and social paradigm, this class constitutes a ‘social prophecy’ of the shape of work to come. From Adam Smith’s ‘Philosophers’ of the late 18th century, down to the ‘Creative Class’ celebrated by sociologist Richard Florida today, the class of the new represents the future of production within and beyond capitalism.”
Publisher Openmute, London, 2006
A Creative Workers in a World City project
ISBN 0955066476
115 pages
Book website (archived)
The Class of the New (English, 2006, PDF, updated on 2015-6-21)
Die Klasse des Neuen (German, trans. Valie Göschl, 2009, added on 2018-12-22)
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